Loss of ethanol conditioned taste aversion and motor stimulation in knockin mice with ethanol-insensitive α2-containing GABAA receptors

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-154

  Blednov, Y A ^a   Borghese, C M ^a   McCracken, M L ^a   Benavidez, J M ^a   Geil, C R ^a   Osterndorff Kahanek, E ^a   Werner, D F ^d   Iyer, S ^a   Swihart, A ^e   Harrison, N L ^c   Homanics, G E ^b   Harris, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; ALCOHOL; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE AVERSION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TASTE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 78650767932     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.110.171645     Document Type: Article

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